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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “However, all Italy desired not to submit to foreign dominion, but panted for battle; and I am convinced that Italians…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
However, all Italy desired not to submit to foreign dominion, but panted for battle; and I am convinced that Italians, like Montevideans, possess constancy and generous devotion to liberty.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Editor's note · Context

Garibaldi expresses his conviction that Italians, like the people of Montevideo, possess a deep desire for liberty and resistance to foreign rule.

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